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SDA-RF-AT-3.1
(Draft for further discussion on 02/02/2017)
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH - AN EXPLORATORY WORKSHOP
Facilitated by SOCHARA / SELCO / LOGISTIMO
Date: 9/2/2017 (Thursday)
Venue: LOGISTIMO
(Address and Directions to reach)
Objectives:
1. To review briefly
• the history of 'Appropriate Technology in Health' (AT) as a core component
of the Alma Ata Declaration - what and why
• overview of the AT in health initiatives in India during the last two decades - Indian
Council of Medical Research initiatives, community health projects with AT focus,
medico friends circle and Jan Swasthya Abhiyan discussions on AT, and other
initiatives like ASTRA - USc - Bengaluru and RbM, IIT — Chennai etc.,
2. The revival of interest in AT as part of the new concept of social innovation in health and
health care - identifying issues and concerns (for what and for whom?)
3. Assessment of new health technology by the Primary Health Care lens - a SOCHARA
initiatives
Assessment of product innovation; process innovation; communication innovation;
distribution innovation; economic innovation and paradigmatic innovation
4. Gauging interest in a Appropriate Technology in Health - Innovators Network to discuss
issues, perspectives and questions arising out of praxis and evolving collective,
collaborative and action as and when required.
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SOCHARA (Suresh, Prahlad, Adithya, Alfred, Rajeev and Swamy),
SELCO (Huda, Ramnath, Vivek)
LOGISTIMO (Anup and colleagues)
Additional invitees
Sabyasachi Das - Dure Technologies (http://www.duretechnologies.com/) and
primarily focusing on Technologies for Primary health in the area of Community
engagement, Real-time patient monitoring, and patient data analytics
Dwijendranath Guru - Agri processing technology and its interfaces with individual
and community
Guru M - Association for India's Development, Bengaluru (AID)
- Senthil - Association for India's Development, Bengaluru (AID) from community
computing center perspective
Magesh Kumar G, Software Engineer and Extended SOCHARA Team Member,
Bengaluru
Diljith - Institute of Public Health
Amithaba Sarkar - (PhD Researcher) - Centre for Social Medicine and Community
Health (CSM&CH), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Representative from IIT, Chennai (Discussed with Prof. VRM)
Any others (Ramnath and Anup please add)
(should keep initial group to around 20 to allow for interactive participation)
Awating reply (following-up telephonically):
Rohit Arora - Practo, PHC-Technology Empowerment Model
- Soumyajit Ray - Graduate of IIT Kharagpur and IIM Ahmadabad, currently working
with Flipkart in Bangalore (interested in Community Health and PHC)
Sidhant Jena - www.janacare.com, affordable diagnostics and behavior change programs
Varun Kumar Mehrotra, PI Policy Innovations Pvt Ltd, Secunderabad - an independent
third-party assessment, test design and feedback solution for K-12 schools in India
Regrets:
Prasanna Saligram - Governance Hub, PHFI, Bengaluru
Sudha N -Janaarogya Andolana - Karnataka
Suhas Shankar Pal - VOICE, create a safe and healthy environment for all the
pourakarmikas (garbage handlers) who are currently working without adequate
safety measures and are subject to social injustice.
Rakhal Gaitonde- IIT, Chennai
Tentative Programme
08:30 - 09:00 Doors open; tea/coffee available
09:00 - 10:00 Round of self intros; and checklist of key issues / concerns
10:00 - 10:50 Historical review of AT; presentation Primary Health Care; interactive discussion
10:50-11:00 Tea/snacks
11:00 - 12:00 Breakout group discussions (e.g. product, process, economic, etc.)
12:00 - 13:00 Plenary - short reports by groups and Way forward
13:00-
Lunch nearby; begin sharing about our individual teams' works
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(Draft for further discussion on 02/02/2017)
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH - AN EXPLORATORY WORKSHOP
Facilitated by SOCHARA / SELCO / LOGISTIMO
Date: 9/2/2017 (Thursday)
Venue: LOGISTIMO
(Address and Directions to reach)
Objectives:
1. To review briefly
•
the history of 'Appropriate Technology in Health' (AT) as a core component
of the Alma Ata Declaration - what and why
• overview of the AT in health initiatives in India during the last two decades - Indian
Council of Medical Research initiatives, community health projects with AT focus,
medico friends circle and Jan Swasthya Abhiyan discussions on AT, and other
initiatives like ASTRA - USc - Bengaluru and RIM, IIT- Chennai etc.,
2. The revival of interest in AT as part of the new concept of social innovation in health and
health care - identifying issues and concerns (for what and for whom?)
3. Assessment of new health technology by the Primary Health Care lens - a SOCHARA
initiatives
Assessment of product innovation; process innovation; communication innovation;
distribution innovation; economic innovation and paradigmatic innovation
4. Gauging interest in a Appropriate Technology in Health - Innovators Network to discuss
issues, perspectives and questions arising out of praxis and evolving collective,
collaborative and action as and when required.
Potential Participants:
1. SOCHARA (Suresh, Prahlad, Adithya, Alfred, Rajeev and Swamy),
2. SELCO (Huda, Ramnath, Vivek)
3. LOGISTIMO (Anup and colleagues)
4. Additional invitees
Sabyasachi Das - Dure Technologies (http://www.duretechnologies.com/) and
primarily focusing on Technologies for Primary health in the area of Community
engagement, Real-time patient monitoring, and patient data analytics
Dwijendranath Guru - Agri processing technology and its interfaces with individual
and community
Guru M - Association for India's Development, Bengaluru (AID)
Senthil - Association for India's Development, Bengaluru (AID) from community
computing center perspective
Magesh Kumar G, Software Engineer and Extended SOCHARA Team Member,
Bengaluru
Diljith - Institute of Public Health
Amithaba Sarkar - (PhD Researcher) - Centre for Social Medicine and Community
Health (CSM&CH), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Representative from IIT, Chennai (Discussed with Prof. VRM)
Any others (Ramnath and Anup please add)
(should keep initial group to around 20 to allow for interactive participation)
Awating reply (following-up telephonically):
Rohit Arora - Practo, PHC-Technology Empowerment Model
Soumyajit Ray - Graduate of IIT Kharagpur and IIM Ahmadabad, currently working
with Flipkart in Bangalore (interested in Community Health and PHC)
Sidhant Jena - www.janacare.com, affordable diagnostics and behavior change programs
- Varun Kumar Mehrotra. PI Policy Innovations Pvt Ltd, Secunderabad - an independent
third-party assessment, test design and feedback solution for K-12 schools in India
Regrets:
Prasanna Saligram - Governance Hub, PHFI, Bengaluru
Sudha N - Janaarogya Andolana - Karnataka
Suhas Shankar Pal - VOICE, create a safe and healthy environment for all the
pourakarmikas (garbage handlers) who are currently working without adequate
safety measures and are subject to social injustice.
Rakhal Gaitonde - IIT, Chennai
Tentative Programme
08:30 - 09:00 Doors open; tea/coffee available
09:00 - 10:00 Round of self intros; and checklist of key issues / concerns
10:00 - 10:50 Historical review of AT; presentation Primary Health Care; interactive discussion
10:50- 11:00 Tea/snacks
11:00-12:00 Breakout group discussions (e.g. product, process, economic, etc.)
12:00 - 13:00 Plenary - short reports by groups and Way forward
13:00-
Lunch nearby; begin sharing about our individual teams' works
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